The father of the youngest victim told a court due to her age he would not have let her go to a community centre where she said Harris groped her in Portsmouth in 1969.

The victim’s father said he would have known if Harris was there at the time of the offence as it would have been ‘common gossip’ and he simply ‘would not allow her to go’ because of her age.

Harris’s defence barrister Stephen Vullo QC said: ‘Is the reality just blindingly obvious that he just never attended?

‘In my respectful submission this is classic fresh evidence – it is real and an issue that was not raised at trial.’

Harris’s renewed application for permission to appeal will be considered by three judges today

Mr Vullo called retired detective superintendent Graham Piper and retired detective constable Peter Spencer, who worked at the police station 50 yards from a community centre in Leigh Park, Portsmouth, where Harris was said to have molested a young autograph hunter.

Both repeated their testimonies they gave at trial that they were not aware of Harris ever attending the community centre.

They said they would have known if he had so done because of the celebrity’s draw.

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